Current-supplying arrangement.



No. 873,899 'PATENTED'DEG. 17, 1901.

Br SALOMON.

GURRBNT QUPPLYING ARRANGEMENT. APPLICATION rmm MAB. 1,-1906.

UNITED s TEs PATENT OFFICE. I

'B-ERNHARD SALOMON, oF' FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAIN, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO FEL'IEN UND GUILLEAUME-LAHMEYERWERKE AKTIEN-GESELLSCHAFT, oFrRAN FoRT-oN-THE- MAIN, GERMANY.

CURRENT-SUPPLY ING ARRANGEMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed March 1.1966, Serial No. 303.734.

Patented Dec. 17, 1907.

To all who-mitmay concern:

Be it known that I, BERNHARDSALOMON,

I a subject of the German Emperor, and .resident at Frankfort-on-the-h lain, Germany,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Current- Supplying Arrangetrol ey, whic ments, of which the followingis a specification.

I 1 From a stationary conductor current is in general supplied to motor-cars, electrically pro elled shi s and the like by means. of a moves along the conductor.

Slidin bows may be e uall em 10 *ed in g Y P 3 place of trolle s, which atter requi-retobe connected wit the vehicles, ships andthe like by rods, either rigidly or yieldingly. In

cases, where a sliding bow or a trolley is em- I ployed, the vehicle, ship or the like is obliged I Yehiole, ship or the like is connected with the trolle 1 not by means of a rigid or movable rod, but y means of a rope containing the lines, that the trolley requires to be drawn by the vehicle, ship or thelike, the latter is permitted, it is true, to move in directions thetrolley willin such cases be subjected to other than that of the conductor. However,

the draft,-whereby it may be detached from I the conductor. Trolleys movably dispo'sed on the conductor present the defect that the latter is very niuchstrained by the considersupplying electric current from a stationary able. weight of, the trolley;

, My invention relates to a new system'of conductor to ships, vehicles and the like, whereby the said defects arev avoided. ",lhis

system comprises a subsidiary motor-Vehicle,

motor-ship and the like, which is arranged to follow'the conductor and to take up the currenttfrom the same by means of a slide bow or trolley and is in turn connected with the" ship, vehicleand the like to be propelled or driven by means of a conductor;

I will now proceed to first 'describe my invention as applied to ships in channels, water-courses and the like.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention, I have shown, in the accompanying" drawings, a ship and a subsidiary boat embodying my invention, and intended'to .be used in channels or water courses having a itaitgnary conductor arranged along the a lboa't may be .an el ectromotor, 3 or any other In other cases,where the In saidnlrawings', Figure l is a me sagetion of a canal show ng, diagrammat cally, a

ship, a subsidiary boat, and. a stationarycoii ductor, and the connections supplyingc rrent to the boat and to theship, and,'Fig.'

a side-view, showing the .stern of the ship'a d t ,1

of the motor boat, and means to controlthe speed ofthe latter from-the ship.

. The conductorsa are suspended ,in the usual manner from arms on poles a disposed along. theshore or bank. A subsidiary boat c is made to float in thewater and topropel itself in any known mannerjben eath the conductors. The motor I) of this subsidiary motor. The current maybe taken-up from the conductors a and conducted to the 'subsidiary. boat in any'kn'own and approved manner a trolley. 01 being conventionally shown in the drawings. .The subsidiary boat is in .turn connected with ashi e to be propelled or to be supplied wit current by" means of a separate conductor d. This separate conductor may be disposed above or in the water andmay be detachably connected with the ship or the subsidiary boat and may be shiftable. I battery fis preferably disposed, which is arranged to supply current to the motor m, should from any reason the supplyofcurrent from the main'cond'uctors to the subsidiary Oiibo'ard the ship a "storage boat be stopped, forins'tanceduring the pas-2 i sage beneathbridg'es or'whenmaking way for other boats jorsliipaetc. i

Preferably the subsidiary boat 0 1S'COI1- nected with the ship by means ofany known system 9 of steering at distance, so that it may be directedfron the ship. Therebylthe management of the subsidiary boat is simplified without reducing its capacity of maneuvering. In Fig. 2-Ihave1shown amexample of such'steering' means, whiohflthel propeller v of the subsidiary boat c -is:-=-'con nectedwith the motor I), to which current-is supplied from" the conductor gc'throughjithe trolley a, conductors 01,61, controller t ontthe shi e, and conductors k connecting said contro ler with the motor 1;. Similarly the steering mechanism 0, p, and rudder r of the subsidiary boat are connected with a revelsible electro-motor n by conductors leading from a controller 8 on the ship e. troller s is supplied with current from the conductor a throu h the trolley a" and conductors i, d. Wit said controller 8 is also he conelectrically connected the reversible motor n on the shipc, which motor drives the steer mgmechamsm p, and controls the rudder .r' of the ship. The propeller w of the ship a is driven by a motor m connected" with. the

controller 2!. While in the drawing, for the purpose of illustration, the conductors are shown as being separated, it will be understood that in practice it will be preferable to combine themin a single cable. The speed ofthe subsidiary boat may be preferably -made to depend upon that ofthe ship. This may be efiected'in any known manner, say by"; means 9f a common governing device I. or by adapting the subsidiary boat to:alter its speedin accordance with that of the ship,

say according-to the known system of Lombard-Germ. Such a connection is indicated in thedrawing b the conductor g.

Floatingvesse s and the like provided with. electric apparatuses, whifih require to be -.moved away from the conductor for, a considerable distance, such as for example dredgers and the-like, can be sup lied with current from a stationary con uctor by means of a subsidiary boat as described above. The same is the case with vehicles,

" portable'machines and the like, for example agricultural machines etc.

What I claim as my inventiomaiid desire to secure by Letters Patent, is.

1. The combination with a stationary electric conductor, and an electrically driven movable apparatus, of means for conducting current from the conductor to said a paratu's including an independently propel ed device supported independently of. the conductor:

.2; The combinationwith a stationary elec tric conductor, and an electrically v driven movable apparatus, of means for conducting current from the conductor tosaid a parainjc'li i'ding an independently propel ed derficeysupported independently of the conmoyements from said apparatus.

' travel longitu including an independently pro. elle and adapted to be controlled its 8'. The combination with-a st ationary elec- "tric conductor, and an electrically driven movable apparatus, of means for conducting current from-the conductor to said apparatus device supported inde endentl of an arranged to dinally o the conductor and between the same and said apparatus.

:1. The combination with a stationary electric conductor extending along a waterwa and a vessel in said waterway provided wit electrically operated propelling mechanism,

of means for conducting current from the conductor to said propelling mechanism of said vessel and inc uding an independently propelled device supported independently of the conductor. a 5. The combination with a stationary electrio conductor extending along a waterwa and a vessel in said waterway provided'wit electrically operated propelling mechanism,

of means for conducting current from the conductor to said propelling mechanism of sa'id vessel and including an independently propelled device supported independently of the conductor and adapted to be controlled in its movements from saidvessel.

' 6. The combination with a stationary electric conductor extending along a waterwa and a vessel in said waterway provided wit electrically operated propelling mechanism, of asubsidiaryindependently propelled boat,

and means for conducting current from the conductor to said subsidiary boat'- and from the latterto the propelling mechanism of the r vessel.

. 7. The combination with a stationary elec ,tric conductor extending along a waterwa and a vessel in said waterway provided wit electrically operated propelling mechanism, of means for transmitting current from the conductor to the propelling mechanism, of

said vesselincluding' an independently pro:

pelled subsidiary boat, and means for steering said subsidiary boat from the vessel. I

8; The combination with a stationary electric conductor extending along a water wa and a vessel in said waterway provided wit electrically operated propelling mechanism, of means for transmittin current from the conductor to the propelfing mechanism of said vesselincluding an independently r0- 1prelled subsidiary boat, and means contro led om said vessel for steering and regulating the speed of saidv subsidiary boat.

In testimony whereof. I have signed my 

